Ramanathan
Ramanathan is a South Indian male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. Ramanathan is derived from Rama and the Sanskrit word nath, meaning "lord." The name Ramanathan is given to the Hindu god Shiva at Rameshwaram, one of the southernmost towns in India. Hindus believe that Lord Rama worshipped Shiva before beginning his journey to Lanka; hence "Lord of Rama". This name is from the history of great epics. Most Tamil south Indians like chettiars mostly have this name.Notable people
Given name
- Annamalai Ramanathan, Indian mathematician
- Devakottai Ramanathan, Indian comedian
- G. Ramanathan, Indian composer
- K. G. Ramanathan, Indian mathematician
- K. R. Ramanathan, Indian physicist and meteorologist
- M. Ramanathan, Indian politician
- M. D. Ramanathan, Indian composer and vocalist
- N. Ramanathan, Indian musician and academic
- Pathmanathan Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and judge
- Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Ceylonese politician
- R. Ramanathan Chettiar, Indian businessman, politician and bureaucrat
- Rama Ramanathan, Indian politician
- Ramkumar Ramanathan, Indian tennis player
- S. Kumara Kurubara Ramanathan, Indian politician
- S. Ramanathan, musician
- Sellapan Ramanathan, Singaporean politician
- Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Indian climatologist
Surname
- Leelawathy Ramanathan, Australian author and publisher
- Ramanathan Indrarajah, Sri Lankan politician
- Ramanathan Gnanadesikan, Indian statistician
- Ramanathan Krishnan, Indian tennis player
- Ramanathan V. Guha, Indian computer scientist
- Ramanathan Sarathkumar, Indian film actor, journalist and politician
- Ramkumar Ramanathan, Indian tennis player
- Sharada Ramanathan, Indian journalist
